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5 Jul, 5 tweets, 2 min read
I am not here to celebrate the “independence” of white men from a white monarch. I am not here to celebrate “independence” overseen by slavers: 10 of the US' first 12 presidents owned slaves. I am not here to celebrate “Founding Fathers” aka white slave-owning patriarchy #July4th
I am here to celebrate women who led revolts against slavers, such as the Black woman in New York City who 68yrs before the date that the US celebrates as its “Independence Day,” led a revolt for her independence. Text: Historian Rebecca Hal...
Her story and others were unearthed by historian Rebecca Hall @WakeRevolt while researching her dissertation which she has turned into the graphic novel Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts. Cover of the book Wake: The...
Read more about these freedom fighters erased from history by patriarchy.

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8 Jul
I’ve been accused of inciting violence, being reckless, victim blaming. All because I say it is our right to fight back. We are not socialized to fight back.

I made this in April 2020 🎥 @rerutled

A TV episode was banned because among other things, I asked “How long must we wait for men and boys to stop murdering us, to stop beating us and to stop raping us? How many rapists must we kill?"

When are we going to ban patriarchy for its daily violence?
And those who tell me I'm endangering women and making them vulnerable to being hurt by saying it is our right to fight back:

Women are already in danger and being hurt every single by cis men around the world. Every fucking day, including in lockdown.What fucking world is this?
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7 Jul
“You cannot accept that we don’t fear you...” AOC to Trump.

That sentence is the beating heart behind the subversion and thrill of Black and Indigenous and women of colour telling white supremacist patriarchy to fuck off today.
From the Squad to Nikole Hannah-Jones: Black and women of colour who refuse to be grateful because the white boys let them in their club feministgiant.com/p/essay-aoc-th…
For too many old, white, wealthy men--and many white women--young powerful Black and women of colour are terrifying. because they put patriarchy and its attendant oppressions on notice.

And it is glorious.
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6 Jul
"Rise up, women wake up! As in the struggle workers are engaged in against capitalists to break down the class system,our demands for freedom and equality with men will not be won...if we do not raise our voices, if no blood is shed,”Japanese anarchist feminist Kanno Sugako, 1906
I pay homage to anarchist feminists across centuries and the world in my latest essay:

Anarchism is often misunderstood--often deliberately--as inciting violence. I understand anarchism as inciting liberation.

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"All these compañeros, however radical they may be in cafes, unions, even (Anarchist) groups, seem to drop their costumes as lovers of female liberation at the doors of their homes," anarchist Lola Iturbe declared in 1935 Spain. patreon.com/posts/book-rev…
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6 Jul
Did you know Black women led revolts against slavers and that historians have not classified these warriors as leaders of revolts because "coordinated acts of violent resistance were exclusively planned by men, conventional wisdom held"? Read about @WakeRevolt work to change that
Historian Rebecca Hall @WakeRevolt unearthed women-led revolts while researching her dissertation which she has turned into the graphic novel Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts. Read this book! Cover of Wake: The Hidden H...
Read my essay and hear my audio recording of it and subscribe!

Inciting Liberation: "No God, No Boss, No Husband."

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6 Jul
New on FEMINIST GIANT! A translation of my essay Fuck the Police into Castilian Spanish. Thank you @angeldominguez for so generously donating your time and skills.

A la mierda la policía by @monaeltahawy
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.@angeldominguez translates from English to Castilian Spanish: music/pro audio, dubbing/subtitling translation, marketing, software, journalistic texts.

He is on LinkedIn here linkedin.com/in/angeldoming…
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5 Jul
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I could put everything behind a paywall but I believe feminist ideas and news must be available to all and not just those with money. feministgiant.com/p/coming-soon?…
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